by Kelly Simpson | Jan 17, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
An EA/TEF Update: Oliver’s Story An EA/TEF update on families who told their stories in previous EA/TEF Awareness Months means a lot to our community. Today, busy mom and guest blogger, Kelly Simpson is back with an update on her son Oliver, whom readers met during...
by Katharine and Jake | Jan 10, 2024 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting, Uncategorized
Lessons from First Year EA/TEF Parents Today’s lessons from first year EA/TEF parents come from guest bloggers Katharine and Jake. As is often the case, their advice will benefit more than the EA/TEF crowd. It will resonate with parents of children with a wide variety...
by Jolene | Dec 27, 2023 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
I Didn’t Want to Learn Hard Caregiving Lessons, but Now I’m Grateful I didn’t want to learn hard caregiving lessons in 2023. Mainly because I’m a big fan of easy. Hard? Not so much. Yet here I am waiting for 2023 to end—believe me, I’m ready to put it behind me—and at...
by Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick | Dec 20, 2023 | Encouragement, Holidays, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
An Unexpected Christmas Gift An unexpected Christmas gift was given to guest blogger Sandy Ramsey-Trayvick and her family more than 2 decades ago. Today she shares her reaction to the gift shortly after it was given and how she views it now. My son Myles got sick on...
by Kelly Simpson | Dec 6, 2023 | Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support
Surrendering our Children with Disabilities to God Surrendering our children with disabilities to God can be challenging. It’s also crucial to future spiritual development in us and our children. Guest blogger Kelly Simpson explains what’s involved in our surrender...
by Jolene | Nov 27, 2023 | Encouragement, Grief, Spiritual Support
Practicing Gratitude in Hard Seasons Practicing gratitude in hard seasons can be, well, hard. That less-than-astounding conclusion seems obvious, but I don’t think about such things when life is good. Only when challenges slap me upside the head do I return to...
